Voting-machine.



No. 831,659. PATENTED SEPT. 25, 1906. W. L. EENN.

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1904.

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VOTING MACHINE.

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VOTING MACHINE.

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W. L. PENN.

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED smrna. 1904.

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WILSON L. FNN, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR'TOTRIUMPH VOTING MACHINE COMPANY', A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY."

VOTING-MACHINE.

Nol 831,659.

, Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented sept. 25, 190e.

Application filed September-23,' -3.904. Serial No. 225.637.

l'.I'o all?, whom itvmay concern:

liable voting-machine that will comply with the voting laws of all the States, will permit the voter to vote a full, partial, straight, or split ticket, and will permit restricte independent, or group voting', will permit in brief, as full and complete anexpression of the voters will as can be given by a plurality 'ofv ballots or bya blanket-ballot, that will insure the registration of every vote cast, will effectual] f prevent any changes in votes once registered or any tampering whatever with the returns, and will'be practically impossible to Uet out of repair in'use.

ith these and other objects in view I f have devised the novel voting-machine L'of which the following descriptionfin connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, corresponding reference-numerals indicating the same parts in the several figures of the drawings.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine complete, illustrating the operation of voting, the individual levers in all except the second and third columns being in the nonvoting position', all of the individual levers in the third column being in the voting position except the fifth, and all of the individual levers in the second column being in the nonvoting position except the fifth, the fifth individual levers in the second and third columns indicating a split from a straight-party vote; Fig. 2, a rear elevation of the machine complete, the doors being removed andY ortions Of the case broken away to s ow parts concealed thereby, the position of the arts corresponding with Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a iorizontal section on the line 3 3 in Fig. .2 looking down, the supply paper-roll and the lower Harige of the receiving paper-roll for the independent-voting sheet being partly broken away; Fig. 4, a detail view, on an en- 'larged scale, illustrating the Inode of coupling two chaiiis together and also illustrating a shutter-locking device o erative in inde- I pendent voting, the upper s utter illustrated being in the locked position and the lower shutter, removed; Fig; 4, a detail sectional view,'on an enlarged scale, illustrating one of v the chain-locking latches used in independent view on the line 5 5 in Fig. 3 looking toward the right, 'illustrating the mechanism for ro- 6o voting; Fig. 5, an enlar edl detail-sectional tating the receiving-roller upon which the A independent-votingsheet is `wound aftervotes have been written thereon; Fig. 6, a

detail sectional view on the line 6 6 in Fig. 5

looking down; Fi 7 ,'a detail sectional view on the line 7 7 in 5 looking down, show-` ing a changed position of the parts in independent voting; Fig. 8, an enlarged detail rear elevation, partly broken away, illustrating a position ofthe arts when the voting-levers arelocked in t e non-voting posi- L tion by means of the locking-lugs and wedgebars, as before the entrance-lever has been operated Fig. 9, an enlarged detail sectional view on the line 9 9 in Fig. 2 looking down, illustratin the connection between the entrance-rac and one of the wedge-bars, the eccentric-shaft being omitted; Fig. 10, a cletail view illustrating the mechanism for actuating the vertical slide which 4oiperates the chain-locking latches in indepen Fig. 11, an enlarged detail front elevation,

partly broken awa illustrating the operation of the wedgears and vote-restricting bars and also showing Weights which may or may not be used to return the party-levers to their normal position after the ave been operated,.the voting-levers and ockiii -dogs being shown in full lines in the locke osition, as before the entrance-lever has een operated, and the position of a chain and locking-dogs after the entrance-lever has been operated `beine indicated by dotted lines; Fig. 12, an enlarged detail viewillustrating-the operation of the locking-dogs' upon the chains, as in straight party. voting; Fig. 13, an enlarged detail 'view illustrating the operation of the restricting-bars when arranged for restricted voting; Fig. 14, a greatly-enlarged detail view, partly `in secent voting;`

tion, illustrating the 'operation of the counter operating and locking mechanisms and also showing. the relative positions ofthe chains, supporting-bars, restricting-bars, and wedge-bars; Fig.' 15, a `section onthe line h 15 in Fig. 14 looking down,l QFig.- 16, a deta1l view looking from the right in Fig 14,

showing a counter-locking dog engaged with and disengaged rom'one of the counters;

"Fig 17, a detail plan view ofthe chain, wedgebar, and restricting-bar and showin@r the use of a bar which may be substitutedfor the supporting-'bar when a candidate has re' ceived a' plurality'of nominations; Figs.' 18 and 19, detailelevations showing the position of the substituted'bar and a supplemental Sliding bar in different positions in casting a Single vote fora candidate' having a plurality able doors. (Not shown in the drawings.)

Turningknow tov the front of the machine, v(see Fig. l in connection with Fig. 1.1,) 33 de-V notes straight-party-voting levers, which for convenience l shall term,l (party-levers, and S34-individual 'voting-levers, which for convenience I shall term individualA levers.

The party-levers are-rigidly secured to the are mounted to oscillate in standards 37,'

outer ends `of party-lever shafts35, andthe individual levers are rigidly securedto the outer ends of individual-lever shafts' 36. Bothythe Vparty and individual lever shafts which are rigidly'secured inthe case. All of the votingelever's, both party and individual, are shown as provided with finger-pieces 38 for convenience in manipulation. Each party-lever shaft carries a pinion 39, which engages arack 40' on a straight-party bar 41.v These straight-party bars are adapted to, reciprocate vertically in ways Z12in .thel

standards.

In thepresent instancel have illustrated a .rigidly lsecured thereto a counter-lever 51.

machine .provided -with seven standards, seven party-levers, and seven columns of in' dividuallevers in verticalarrangement, with thirty individual levers in eachcolumn. The present machine, therefore, provides for seven party-tickets, all o r any .number of which may be placed in nomination, and for thirty names, should asmany be required, upon each party-ticket, all or any number .of which may be voted for. coursewithout change of principle by built to rovide for a still greater number of party` ticets or a still upon each ticket.

The naines of the candidates of each party may be printed on lleng'vst'rips vheadedby the party emblems, or the names may be printed 'on independent slips. These strips orslips' are placed in spaces 31, each 4name being vplaced .in horizontal alinement with an indil vidual lever and the strips being held in place by' having their ends passed under the edges The machine may of greater number of names thrtv'in the present instance.

ssn-659 of vertical retainingfstrips 43, the .names of vall the candidatesfor the same oiiice being plaeed'in'a horizontal line with the name .of .each candidateamrler the proper party emblemthat is to say?, the names of all the The retaining-strips 43 serveto `clearly sepacandidates of each party are placed in vertirate the columns of candidates from each other. f v

Each individual-lever shaft 36 has rigidly Secured to' its inner end av counter-dog 4 4, the operation 'of which will presently be explained, and intermediate the counter-dog and the corresponding voting-lever 34 is a chain-engaging proj ection-'in the present i'nstance a lockinglug 45e-which is adapted to engageiits corresponding Vnotch 48 in a hori- 'zontally-'sliding bar 46, which I term a resetting-slide ori wedge-bar. The number of Wedge-.bars corresponds, of course, with the number of individual levers in the partycolumns. The wedge-bars slide in ways 47 in the lever-standards, and each wedge-bar is provided with seven notches 48, corresponding lwith the locking-lugs upon the seven individual-lever shafts in each horizontal line The operative end of each notch 48 is an inf oline 77, up which the corresponding lockinglug 45 to reset'the voting-shafts rides when IOO the Wedge-bars are moved toward the right by operation of the exit-lever, as will presently be fully explained.

Turning now to F ig. 2, (which see in connection with 8, 14, 15, and 16,) 49denotes the counters, which are positive in action,

and 50 the countershafts, each of which projects from one end of a counter-case and has Eachcounter-lever 51 has projecting from its outer side and out of alinement withshaft 50 a pin 53, which is adapted topass into a hole 54 in the corresponding counter-dog 44 when ,the corresponding individual lever is in the voting position.

' Having described thc `operation of the individual levers and counter-dogs prior to the operation of counting, l will pass to other IIO parts of the machine and will later describe the operation of counting.

-55 denotes flexible members-in the present instance chains- Which extend horizontally of lthe' machine and which I term controllingchains.` These chains correspond 1n nummechanism used in independent voting, presently to be described. The opposite end of vtally in a way 57. in the end standard 59. (See Fig. 11.) At the outer end of each couplingrack is an adjusting-rod 58, which passes lthrough standard 59 and is threaded Vto receive. an adjusting-nut 60.` Each chain lies between a supporting-bar 52 and a restrictingbar 62, presently to be described, said chains, supporting-bars, restricting-bars, and wedgebars 46 being su ported horizontally in the Ways 47 in the ever-standards. (See Fig. 14.) Each third chain-link rivet (indicated by 63) extendsoutward on opposite sidesof the chain, the opposite ends `of saidV rivets resting on the corresponding supporting-bar and restricting-bar, respectively. (See Figs. 9 and 14.) The intermediate links of the chain are flush-riveted, leaving the chainfree to move between the supporting-bar and the restricting-bar. The function of the vchains is to preventillegal voting by rendering it imssp possible to vote for but one candidate for any office. In setting up the machine the chains are so adjusted by means of the adjustingnuts as to give just sufficient slack to each chain to permit the operation of one votinglever iii each horizontal line. By the term chain I do not limit myself to a device composed of a series of links pivoted together, since any flexible member that is the equivalent of a chain might serve the same purose vand would 'be within the sco e of my invention. The normal position o the individual levers is substantially horizontal, as

, indicated in Figs.' 1 and 11.

The operation of voting for a sin le candidate consists in` swinging an indivi ual lever 34 downward from its normal position, as the Y fifth individual lever in the second column in Fig. 1. The-movement of-an individual lever oscillates the corresponding individuallever shaft Aand swingsthe corres ending lockin -lug 45 from the position of t e first,

secon fourth, and fifth locking-lugs in Fig. 13 to the position of the third lockmg-lug in said figure, (see alsoA Figs. 4 and 12, which show the effect of the o eration of locking lugs u on the correspon ing chains,) the portion o the chain engaged by a locki -lug being moved out of alinement, takingnie slack out-and l cing a bulge in the chain at that oint. When a locki -lu 45 is swung ownward'as just describe it passes into one of the notches 48 in the corresponding Wedge-bar 46 and alsointo a notch 64 in the corres onding vote-restricting bar 62. It must e borne in mind that the slack lin each chain is only just sufficient to ermit one individual lever in that horizonta line to be operated, the operation of any individual lever taking up the slack in the portion of lthe chain contiguous thereto. Should any other sired p arty-lever.

therefore, of operating a second individual le-l ver in a horizontal line in which an individual lever has already been operated is to unvote-that is, to nullify the vote made by the operation of the first individual lever. This is an important feature of the machine, as it makes voting for two candidates for the same office absolutely im ossible. i

Straight party oo ting.- ach straight partybar 41-is provided with notches 65, which receive the locking-lugsf45 on the individuallever shafts; (See Fig. 12.) The upper ends of these notches are horizontal and bear upon the up er ends of the locking-lugs. When a Apartyever is operated, the pinion 39 on the every individual-lever shaft in `that column.

and throw the corresponding individual levers',v to the voting position. A single movement, therefore, of a party-lever gives a vote for every nominee of that party. Each party-lever shaft 35 is shown as provided vwith aradially-extending arm 6G, carrying a weight 67. (See Fig. 11.) The action of this weight is to return a party-lever and the corresponding party-'lever shaft and partybar to their normal position the instant it is released by the voter, leavin however, all

of the individual levers and t e corresponding individual-lever shafts, locking-lugs, and counter-dogs in the voting position. While these weights are preferably used, it should .be'understood that the machine is equally operative without them. It is important to note just here that the chains are equally effective in unvoting or nullifying an erroneous straight party-vote asin unvoting or nullifying erroneous individual votes. When a party-lever is operated, every individual lever in that column is operated also, and the slack in each chain is taken up by the downward pressure thereon of one of the lockinglugs ,45 in that column. Should a voter vote the wrong straight party-ticket, all he has to do to correct the error is to operate the de- .The operation of a second party-lever. acts to take the bulges in the chains made by the operationoif the first party-lever out and put the bulges in other places in the chains, the straightening ofthe chains at the portions engaged by the locking-lugs in the column first voted acting to return all the locki -lugs, individual-lever shafts, and individua leversin that column; i.

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to their normaler non-voting positions Stantly.

It will of course be understood that it is not necessary in voting to operate any partylever g but a voter is free to vote for 'as manlyr y ties as he may choose by simp or as few of the candidates of any y voperating the individual levers corresponding with the naines of the candidates for whom heA desires,

vtovcte. For exam 'le su ose there are fourteen candidates to bev voted for on the straight-party' tickets', but that' the voter desires 'to vote for two candidates only and thosecandidates the nominees of d-iii'erent parties,A The voterwould simply operate the two individual levers corresponding with the Vnames of thecandidates for Whom he desired 'to vote.

Split' voti/ ng or.' scratcving-Suppose now that a party desires to vote substantially a straight party-ticket, but to' split on or scratch one or more of the nominees of that party. He rst votes his straight partyticket by operation of the proper party-levereas, for example,in column 3 in Fig. l. The

dotted position of the straight 'party-lever in voter desires to vote for 4the corresponding nominee in the second -party-column. All vhe would have todo would be to operate the fth individual lever in the second column,

as clearly shown in Fig` 17 the effect of which through the`operation of the corresponding 4chain and the corresponding individual-lever shaft and locking-lug in the third column would be to unvote or nulliy his vote for the fth candidate in the third column-that is to say, having voted a straight party-ticket,

he can both nullify a vote for a candidate of that party and vote `for a candidate' for theA same office o'fanother party by simply operating an individual lever in another partycolumn, the return of an individual lever that has been operated'to its normalposition being automatic when any other individual lever in the same horizontal line is operated. Suppose now that instead of splitting on a candidate or candidates of his own party the voter desires to scratch a candidate, but without voting for `the corresponding nominee of any other party. This operation may also be effected by a single operation for every scratch. 'Burning again to Fig. 1, suppose thata voter'having voted the straight party-ticket in the third column desresto I scratch the fifthcandidate on said ticket, but without voting for the corresponding nominee ofA any' other arty.. He would simply move the'i in ividual lever in this columnto theposition in which it is shownthat is, he would move the' individual leverA corresponding with the name of the candidate hedesires to scratch from the votingA to the non-voting position, as is clearly shown.

' This would simply unvote or nullify the vote `'east for that candidatebut would not cast a vote for any other candidate for the same ing a split and a scratch is that in splitting the voter operates another individual lever in the same horizontal line, which automatically returns the corresponding individual lever in his party-column-to its normalrposiindividual lever in the party-column he has voted corresponding to the name of the can- The dilierencein brief, between maktion, and in scratching he merely vreturns the didate he desires to scratch to its non-'voting '1 position by movement of that special individual leverwithout movementl of a corresponding individual lever in any other partycolumn.

. u The *lockingV and unlocking ofthe voting-levers.-All of the individual vleve`rs, and consequently all of the party-levers, are normally.I locked in the non-voting. position by'meansl of resetting-slides or wedge-bars 46, there being, as already explained, a wedge-bar corre- `locking movement of the wedge-bars is p erformed by means of connections operated by a part which I term for convenience the exit-lever" and which is indicatedl by 183.

I will irst describe the unlocking movement and the general 'effect of the operation of the entrance-lever and will later describe in full the eect of the operation of the exit-lever. In the normal or locking position of the wedge-bars'thellocking-lugs 45 on the individual-lever shafts 36 lie in engagement with the' tops of the' wedge-bars justl past the notches 48, as clearly shojwn in Figs. 8 and 11. i When the wedge-barsare in this position, the voting-levers are locked in the normal or-non-voting position, from which position they can `only be released by movement ofthe Wedge-bars throughv the o eration of Movement o the wedge v the entrance-lever.

The unlockingv movement of IOC IIO

bars to the unlocking position-v-that is, from the position thown in fullllines inl Fig. 11 to the position shown in dotted lines in said figure-places the notches 48 in .the Wedge-bars und er the locking-lugs, thus leaving. all of the voting-levers free to be operated either individually or by means of a party-lever, as already explained. The .voting position ofthe locking-lugs is cl'arly shown 1n Fig. 12 and by the third locking-lug in Fig. 13 and is also indicated by dotted lines in Fig. l1. .Returning now to Figs. 2 and 3, (in connection `with which see Fig. 9,) 68 denotes theonin entrance-rac trance-lever rigidly secured to the entrance- I shaft, both o which extend vertically from the bottom to the top of the machine and are 'journaled in bearings on the ',case.` The wedge-bar gear-shaft carries a disk 192, provided on one side ofv its peripherywithgearteeth `78, which eng e entrance-rack 74, and on the opposite 4si e with ear-teeth 79, which engagea pinion 80 on s aft 76. Two of the-wedgebars intermediate the top and bottom ofv the case are provided with racks 81, (see Figs. 2 'and 9,) which are engaged by pinions 168 on shaft 76 to `move the wedgears lon itudinally. The wedge-bars are connecte together so as to movevas one bv means 'of a vertical bar 83, to which each wedge-bar is rigidly secured. The normal position of pin 84 on the entrance-slide at the right end of slot 85 in the. entrance-rack thatis, when the wedge-bars are in the locking position-is indicated Iin Fig. 9. The normal stantial y horizontal, and there can be vno voting until the entrance-lever' has .been op` erated. Standin at the back of the machine, the voter` rst operates theentrancelever by raising it tosubstantially the horizontal osition, then passes around to the front o the machine, the entrance-lever being returned or allowed to return to its normal position. The raising of the ,entrance` lever oscillates the entrance-shaft and entrance-cam 71, which moves entrance-slide 73 toward the right7 as seen in Fig. 9, -and through the engagement of pin 84 with the e slot in ventrance-rack 74 moves said rack likewise toward the right, oscillates gear-shaft 75 and pinion-shaft 76,

and through the engagement of the' pinions 168 on the pinion-shaft with the racks on thel wedge-bars moves the wedge-bars to the unlockin position, which has already been describe The entrance-slide is returned to its normal position vby the return movement of the entrance-lever, leaving Athe entrancerack, however, .at its positlon toward'the rifght, from which it is returned by o eration o. the exit'flever, as will be more ully explained.

By the terms entrance-leverv and exits lever I do"not Alimit m self to the exact structure illustrated in t drawings,v since any entrance-'o ratm means and exit-operatingmeans tllieat is tle equivalent of alever miht serve the same purpose and would be wit 'n the scope of my invention.

osition of the entrance-lever is sub-` The vote-counting mechanism-The counters 49, arran ed in vertical columns, are rigidly securel have an endwise and lateral oscillatory movement in a vertical plane. The ends of the, counter-bars are provided with bearings 89, which receive eccentrics 9() on eccentricshafts 91, journaled in bearings 92 on brackets secured to the topand'bottom of the case. Each eccentric-shaft is rovided at one end, the left nd, as seen in igs. 2 and 3, with a miter-gear 93, whichv engages a miter-gear 94 on avertical shaft 95, which is journaled in bearings at the top and bottom of the case. Operation of exit-lever 183 by means of `connections presently to be described causes a complete forward rotation and then a-return. rotation of shaft 9 5, and consequently a forward rotation and return rotation of the two eccentric-shafts, the effect of which is to cause the counter-bars to make a complete endwise and lateral rotary oscillation in the vertical plane and then a return oscillation back to their normal sition.

96 denotesA vertice. counter-locking bars journaled in bearings at the top and bottom of the case. In the present instance there. are seven counter-locking bars correspond infr with the seven vertical columns of names o candidates to be voted for and seven vertical columns of co nters. Each counter-locking ,bar is provid d with -a series of transverse slots 97, thirty in the present instance, corresponding With the thirty individual levers, thirty horizontal lines o names of candid ates, and thirty counters in each vertical column. The loc'kin and unlocking movementof the counter-loc ing bars is oscillatory. In the normal or locking position each ofrtheslots in each of the counter-lookin bars receives the rearwardly-projecting ent of one ofthe counter-levers 51. (See Figs. 8, 9 14, and 15'.) lt will be understood, therefore, that. beforethe counters can-,be operated by oscillation of eccentric-shafts 91 the counter-locking bars must be oscillated to release counter- `levers 51. This operation is effected b exitlever`183 ina mannerpresently to explained. When' an individual ever is operated either independent] or inseries by `means cfa party-lever,` t e corresponding counter-do 44v is moved from its normal position, as s own in Fig. 8 and in fulllines in F' 16, to the position shown in dotted lines in ig. Iii-'that is.,- the counter-dog is swung to'such a position that the in 53, projecting .from the, outer side Yof t e corresponding counter -lever l51,- is placed in engagement yvith the hole 54 in the corresponding counter-v performing the .operation of counting the point of engagement of-each en aged pin 53 on a counter-lever `51 with a ho e 54 ina counter-dog 44 becomes tem orarily a center of rotation l'about whichV t' counter-lever tocounter-bars 88, which IOOy swings in the vertical plane*- The pin is out of alinement with the projecting-endv of the counter-sha' it 50, -to which.v the counter-lever is rigidly secured. Supposenow th`at lthe -oscillation of the counter-locking bars has commenced and that the counter-levers are re-l leased.'A The oscillationv r0f the eccentric-1 shafts will cause the counterbars to make a complete endwise and lateral oscillation in 1o thevertical plane, As'the pins on'th'e 'coun ter-levers are held bv the coiinter-dogsl and the counters arecarried by `the counter-bars,- it follows that each counter-shaft must make an axial rotation as the counter swings around i 5 in a circle of which the pin is the center. 'In

" other' words, as the pins 53 'are held against" other than axial movement and as the countershafts tov which the vcounter-levers arev securedare caused to make a movement inv af rzo vcircle ofwhich thefpoint of engagement 'of Y the pin with, the corresponding counterfdogis'the center it follows that'each counter-v shaft must make a complete rotationonits own axis, and consequentlyan actuation will be iniparted'tothemechanismof ea'chc'ounter whose pin 53 is engaged bya counter-dog,v

and a vote will be registered lbv that counter.

. -I-thas already been stated that this counting.

operation is performed throuo'h the operation 3o of exit-lever 183 and after` voting is completed.. Another important action of the exit-lever, which will beagain ref ferred to, is the return thereby of the wedgebars to their normal orf-locking position, which is 'completed just as the exit-lever reaches its fully-raised position. As the wedge-bars are moved to their normal orv lockino position the locking-'lugs-l 'on the indivi ual-lever shafts ride up the inclines 4o V7 7 of notchesAS in the wedge-b'ars,oscillatel the individual-lever shafts. which carry V the counter-dogs 44,' and disengage the (latterV from the pins 53 on the counter-levers,A leavA ing the counting mechanism again wholly disengaged from the voting mechanismand the voting-levers at their normal or non-vot# mg position and locked there by the wedgev bars. The counting mechanism will also be locked against any possibility ofmterference 5o or change by means of the counter-locking'` "bars 96, which will have been returned to their normal position through the returnlocking said levers 'against any` movement exitever will presentlybe explained.- The and 'the driving-bar,` however,4 frema'ininf m e'opera tion oi "`V .plate 106i, secured to the basefplatejof the driving-bar vand 'will theleft" proceeds the-roller travels down the .incline of the carri-path, moves block 104' rack, and engages .a socket 112 in "ruiter-gea'r-i l.

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notch, so as topermitsh'ght movement of the After the com" letion ofthe voting operadrivingbr is rovijdedl with epm 101,l which engages'the s ot 85 in, the entrance-rack'. (See Fig. 9 in connection with Fig, 3.) )These views showthe-'position of the parts/before the operation of theentrance-lev'er, the'effect 7o of whichfis to move y'the 'entrance-rack vto-- ward theright from theposition 'sho'wnin Fi g.' 9, .leavinga space vb 'tweenpthe entrance-1 rack andthe ldriving-ranzigthe driving-rack the position shown-that is, ,their norma 'or f extreme' position toward the right. The tergear shaft is Vprovided'with apinin4 82,1' (seeFig. 95) which'eng'ages,miter-gearf' shaft rack- 102. The `initergearshaft 'rack and the driving-rack4 are` both ol'ierate'dffrom` the driving-bar.v flfhere .is a double connec i tion between the. d'rivingibar and the drivi- .ing-ra'ck, one connection vserving also to lock the miter-gear-shaft rack to thedriving-rack.

. 8s' -There is also anfadditional connection of the miter-gearshaft rackwiththe drving-rafck l T hefrst connectioni of the driving-bariwith the -driving-rack is'by means of'a pinf103,-

which-' extends -'from a block. 104i, passes '99 'through the'driving-bar, and is adapted to 4 Fig. 3.)" U on the under side of' block 104 isa roller W 'chengages a cam-:path 105 in a 19s machine. In the position 'shown in the drawingsthe drivin #rack is locked-"to the'j i e' moved thereby `when the driving-bar is moved toward'the left byA thefeXit-lever; As the movement toward-"loo outward v'from the .driving-bar, and with# draws ,pini 103 froml engagement ,with -the driving-rack. -The other engagement ofthe m5 driving-rack with the driving-bar isjby means v of'a in 107 which ektends. rom-a block '1:08,v whic is similar to block 103 and is'provided on its underside witha roller which en ages" a reverse cam-path109 in a plate 11 ,se-vl cured tothe baselate of the, case. Pin '107 passes vthrough'a ole -1 1 14 in vthe driving-bar, through a horizontal slot 193 in the driving# shaft rack 1 02'. The r'njter-gearesha-ft rack is also rovided-with a notch 113', which is en`' gage. by av lug 114, projecting from the driv-y ing-rack; -the flug eing shorter: than the drivinv-rack before, the miter-gear-shaft rack isv picked up thereby.

tiongthe `drivingv ar is moved toward the left', as seen in Figs. 3 vand 9, by operation o f theexit-lever and connections: presently to be' explained.' When this movement commences, the driving-rack is connected-to lthedrivin bar by pin 103, 'so that the driving-rack w1 l commence to move with the driving-bar and will commence at once to oscillate the coun-` 13o ifao.

ter-locking bars, swinging them out of en-l gagement With the counter-levers and leaving the comiters free to be operated. `An instant later lug 114 on the driving-rack will have traveled the length of notch 113 in the lof cam-path 109 and will force pin 107 lforward into the socket 112 in` the miter-gearshaft rack,'which prevents any ossible backlash of the miter-gear-shaft rac through the weight of the 'counter-bars. and counters. This engagement of pin 107 with the mitergear-shaft rack continues until the end of the movement toward the left. During the latlter part of the movement toward` the left `the roller on block 104 will ride down the incline of cam-path 105 and will withdraw pin 103 from engagement with vthe driving-rack. After this disen agementthe driving-rack y and the drivingar being temporarily dis A .connected the driving-bar will continue its movement toward the left, the-driving-rack andmiter-gear-shaft rack remaining stationary while pin 107 is moving in slot 193 in the drlving-rack. Another important operation h performed by the vdriving-bar during the final portion of its movement toward the left is the drawing of the entrance-rack toward the left through the'engagement of. pin 101 onthe entrance-bar With'theleft endV of slot 85 ,in the entrance-rack, which b means of the connections already descri ed moves the wedge-bars toward the left and locks the in-y dividual levers in the non-voting'position through the 'engagement of locking-lugs45 with the to s of the wedge-bars. Y

Restricte fvoting-"Suppose now that some kind of restricted voting is re uired to be performed bythe machine. As vor example, to permit a woman to vote upon a school question onlyor to prevent non-tax-payers on 4real estate from voting a full ticket, while permitting them to vote for candidates for certain oiiices. .Restrictions of this character may be effected by mechanism which I will now describe.

115 (see Figs. '1,1 and 13) denotes a vertical restricting-bar which is ri idly secured, as by means of screws 116, to orizontal restricting-bars 62, of whichthere are thirty corresponding with the `thirty horizontal lines of names of condidates and individual levers. The vertical restricting-bar 115 and Kwhich in turn isconnected, by means of rods left, as seen in Figs. 1 and 13.,y

vwith it the horizontal restricting-bars 62 are operated by means of a restricting-handle 124, which extends tlnough the end offthe case and is connected to a vertical bar 118,

117, with vertical restricting-bar 115. (See Figs; 2, 8, and 9.) Restricting-bars 62 are rovided with -notches 64, into which the ocking-lugs 45 on the individual-lever shafts drop in normal voting, and also with bossesy 125, which are Vadapted to pass under the locking-lugs to prevent the individual-.lever shafts engaged thereby from being oscillated-that is, to prevent the restricted. voter from voting for any except thecandi-A dates for which he or she is allowedto vote,

`restricting-bars 62 disconnected from vertilcalres'tricting-bar 115, so that When vertical bar`115i`s operated by means of handle 124 all of the' horizontal restricting-bars 62 that reymain connected with vertical restrictin -bar 115-will be moved horizontall towar, the hiswill place the bosses 125 on the connected horizontal restricti -bars under the locking-lugs 45 on the in ividual-lever shafts corres ending with the names of candidates forl w ch the restricted voter is not allowed .to vote and will lock said individual levers against operation. The horizontal restricting-bars` 62, however which are'left disconnected Vfrom vertical bar 115 will remain in Ytheir normal or voting position-that is, a positionin sheet 126, one end of which is connected to a receiving-roller 127, the unused portion being Wound on a su l ,roller 128. (See Figs. 2, 3', 6, 2111117.) -Tliiisiirollers are journaled insuitable bearings ngen the top and bottom plates of the case. he receiving and supply rollers each carry a disk 86,. upon which the coiled aper carriedthereby rests. Intermediate the receiving and supply rollers is a backing-plate 87, secured to vertical rods 149 over Which the paper passes and which provides a firm suplport for the p'a er while the voter' writes t e names. of can idates he desires to vote for thereon. After an election the .coil of paper upon the receiving-roller is severed from the su ply-roller, and the votes thereon are counte 1n`connection with'the votes reglos A unfettered by arty nominations, I providel an indepen ent-voting through which the ,receiving-roller passes loosely.

ro 133' denotes av pinion whichis -fixed to the upper side of disk 132 and engages voting' sheet rack 129.- 4 134-denotes a' slide which moves'n a guide 135, ysecured to the bottom plate of the case.

an arm 13,7, extending from' an .oscillating .shaft 138, journaled in vbearings-'in the top andbottom' lates of the case. When this,"

shaft is Aoscil ated.,` as .will presently be ex- 'zo"fp'lained,armf137 is moved from the position shown in Fig. .6 to the position shown irrfFig'.

' 7 and by means .of the link moves lslide 134 into engagement with a single tooth of ratchet 13.0, thereby locking said ratchetto there,- z5' ceivin 'roller.

-ment ofthe. exit-leverpresent y tobe' exf plained', pinion 133, which is en aged.by thevoting-sheet rack, and with it" isk4132, will 3o f be turned forward, and through the engage- ,.ment of the awl with the ratchet 4forward movement w` l be imparted tothe receivingroller, which will wind aportio'n of inde end-r 'ent-voting sheet 126 thereon l and will p ace a 3 fresh'portion of said sheet in position on the "backmg-platefor more votesto be written thereon, as will presently be more fully vexplained." At the extreme Aof theI movement of thedriving-bar toward the left, a cam 139 4olo`n the under side .ofv disk '132.will pass lie-- `each of which is provided with vanaperture 141, andsliding in Iways 171 back of eachapertureI is a shutter' 142. 'The voting-sheet passes over the backing-plateand contigw, 5o ous to these, apertures, and when-either ofl 'the -apertures l1s opened byl movement of a shutter toward the right, as seen in'Fig. 1, orI the'left, asseen in Fig. 4, sufficient 'space upon the independent-voting strip will be 5 5 ydisclosed to `permit the voter to write thereon.

' the-name o )a erson not nominated as a ,candidate byei er of -the parties 'for whom he desires Ito'l vote, the shutters being arranged in a vertical column and correspond- 6o ing substantially with the columns of votingj A levers.I Each shutter is provided with a finger-piece 143 for convenience in manipulation. All the shutters areshown in Fig. 1

in the closed position except the third and i 6 5 fourth from the top., which are shown inthe When 'the driving-,barA is move toward the leftbynthe u ward moveopenposition, the finger-pieces beingV at the right, leaving the surface of the independentvoting sheet exposed through the aperture. The upper aperturevand,corresponding shutter are shown' as made wider than the others in order -that a plurality ofnames may bev written thereon, as in casting an independent votezfory Presidential electors. The machine,

' as shown in the drawings, is arranged to have the partyvotes for Presidential electors cast by single voting-levers. The vertical oscillatory shaft 138 is provided-with pins 144, which extend through clearance-slots 145 in l slides 140 and are 'adapted to be engaged by n l136 is .a link which connects the slide with the rear ends of shutters'142 when the shut- 8o ters are opened-that is, moved toward the left, as seen in Fig. 4. When any shutter is opened and the rear endA thereof engages the oorrespondin ,pin-144, extending from shaft 138, said shaft will be'l oscillated thereby and Awill'move'parlln 137,` the link, and4 slide 134 from the osition shown in Fig.4 6 to the position sown in Fig. 7 and will place pawl 131 inengagement with the ratchet, so that when the exit-lever is operated the portion of the independent-voting sheet upon which votes have been written will ,be draWn.out.of alinement with the a ertures and afresh portion thereof wil be placed in positionto receive the votes of the 95 next independent voter. 147 denotes a series'of shutter-closing racks which reciprocate in ways'171 on slides 140. vThese racks are provided with slots 148 to. provide clearance for pins 144.V Shuttere'clo'sing racks 147 roo tical rack 151 is operated by means of a pin- 1o 5 ion 153 on ahori'zontalfshaft 154, journaled ina bracket-155, secured ltothe base-plate of theloase. .At thesother end of shaft 154 is a pinion 156'Which engages a vrack 157 on the drivingbar. l y

32 'denotes a series of bellcrank leversv pivoted'on' slides 140..l 'I here are thirty of these hell-crank-levers corresponding with thethirty'sl-ides 140 and shutters 142. At

the inner end ofeach chain 55that is, the i r 5' left ,end, as seen in'. Fig. 4`-is along link v165, -which is pivoted to one arm of the corre spondi Abell-crank lever.y The other arm of each ell-crank lever is pivoted to a link 152, lthe 'other end of which is pivoted to the i zo correspondin slide 140. .1 -Each link` 152-isl `'provided Wit lan incline 158, which is adapted to be engaged by an incline 159 on the .corresponding shutter 142I to move the .link 152 downward, which will tilt' the bell-'crank 125 lever and take out the slackvfrom the corresponding chain 55, lthils ylockiiigthe entire horizontal row ofV individualV levers correspending with that chain when-.fthe correvsponding shutter is movedto the lefti' nrgo Y llOy is, had its slack Vtaken out thus leaving the chains unlocked again.

in Fig. 4, or the right, as seen in Fig. 1, by a 1 person who desires to vote independently lnstead of for a regular party nominee.

Chain-lookinl mechanism is provided which renders 1t impossible for a voter who has opened a shutter and taken the slack out of the corresponding chain by means of a bell-crank lever to operate any of the indi-` viduallevers in that horizontal row, so vthat l he can only cast a vote for the office Ito which thathorizontal line is appropriated by writ' ing it upon inde endent-voting sheet 126. When a chain 55 as been ulled taut that fiy theopening of one of the inde endent-vote shutters 142- the chain is loc ed to prevent the possible operation of an of the individual levers in that horizontal ine by means of a latch 173, pivoted on fixed vertical plates 174,which are also provided with ways 121, which receive` the long links 165 of the chains. (See Fig. 4a in connection with Fig. 4.) These latches oerate by ravity, the rear end of each 'latc being su ciently heavy to cause the forward end to engage a locking-notch 172 in the corresponding long link 165 the instant said link .1s moved intofposition to place the locking-notch in alinement with the latch by the operation of a shutter.Y

175 denotes a vertical slide-moving in suitable ways, (not shown,) which is provided with lugs 176, adapted to engage the rear ends of the latches. When the exit-lever is operated, slide 175 is moved upward lby means of a cam 160, carried by a bar 162, eX- tending from miter-gear-shaft rack 102. (See Figs. 9 and 10.) When the movement of the exit-lever takes place, cam 160 is moved toward `the left from the position shown in Fig. 10 and engages a pin 163, which extends from the lower end of the vertical slide, lifts said'slide, and through the en agement of the lugs with the rear ends o the latches lifts the rear ends of the latches upward, disengagi'ng theI forward ends thereof from locking-notches vin the long links 165, with whichvthey may have been engaged,

'When a shutter 142 is moved to the open position for independent voting, the rear end of the shutter engages the corresponding pin 144 on kshaft 138,` as already stated, and moves slide 134 from the position shown in Fig. 6 to the position shown in Fig. 7 and places pawl 1311in engagement with ratchet 130. on receiving-roller 127, as already eX- plained. The opening movement of each shutter is stopped by the engagement of its finger-piece 143 with the right end of aperture 141, as seen in Fig. 1. When the parts are in this position, a pin 164 at the rear end of the yshutter will lie contiguous to the .for-v ward end of a lever 166, pivoted'upon the forward end of the corres onding closingrack 147. The rear end of t is lever is heaviest,'. so as to hold it in the position shown, and normally rests upon the top of the lower way 171. When the exit-lever is operated, shutterclosing rack 147 is moved forwardthat is, toward the right from the position shown in Fig. 4-and the forward end of lever 166 engages pin 164 onthe shutter and moves the shutter to the closed position. l'As the shutterreaches the closed position the rear end of lever 166 will ride up an incline 167 on the lower way 171, whichl will lift the rear end of the lever and force the forward end downward and disengage it from pin 164. The slot 148 at the forward end of the shut- `ter-closing rack is for clearance only and alshutter-closing racks unless the racks have 1 been coupled for group voting, -Which will presently be described. The chainsand slides are, in fact, connected up as a continu,- ous part through the pivoting of the bellcrank levers to the slides. It will thus be seen that the chains act in independent voting, as well as in ordinary voting, to render it impossible to vote for but one candidate for any oflice. It should be noted that the slides remain stationary except in group voting.

Group voting- The term group voting is used to designate any styleof voting in which voters are permitted to vote for morethan one candidate for the same office-fas, for example, in voting for a plurality of members of a board, commission, court, or a delegation of ltwo ormore members. Sup ose, as an illustration, thatl two justices o the supreme court aretobe elected and that the several parties have each made two nominas A tions for that office. In the present -machine of the thirty horizontal lines of 'names of candidates the twelfth to the twenty-sixth lines, inclusive, are shown as adapted to group .voting The party-tickets would be so arranged as to bring the horizontal lines of candidates subject to group voting within these fifteen group-voting lines.

Turning now to Fig. 4, it will be borne in mind that the inner ends-that is, the left ends as seen in said figureof the chains55 are connected vb parts already ful y described in connection with the independent voting mechanism with slides 140. The outer-that is, the right-fend .of each chain is provided with a double cupling-rack 56, which is adapted to reciprocate horizontally in a way 57 in end standard 59 (see Fi 1.1) and is :provided with a threaded a justing-rod 58, which passes through the standard and receives an 'IOO meansy of intermediate adjustin -iuaflly .The outer-'-that is, thel left-en of each slide 140, as seen in Fig.' f1,- ispro'vid'ed .with a Similar double COu'p mg- 'rack 180.. 1.81 denotespinions journaled on., 5, studs projecting 'from .the case, each pinion ingboth lying between two racks anden' a racks, 4so as 'to normally holdlthe. sli e es rigidly against movement.' J The operation'which' istermed cou 'lingy p for-'group voting consists, essential y, in removing o ne or moreof the-pinions 1811' from between coupling-racks' 180, `ad'usting one or more of the coupling-racks`56 y. means of the adjustingrods and nuts where more than i5 two'v chains arfevtol beco'u led', and-placing pinions 181 between coup ing-racks 5,6 when l' necessary, If preferred, the 'studs `on which the p inions are journaled maybe madelon enough vto permit the' pinions to. bemove 12o 'laterally thereon and placed outof engagement-with the racks but "without removal- .'from the' machine. n theipresent instance two officers are to be elected, and'eachof the parties has placed two candidates in nomina- `range-the .machine for .voting under' 'the above conditions, the pinionlS 1 'between the two slides .180'- to be used would be left.. in'

1 place, but the inions above the upper slide ,36

and below. the ower slide would be removed,

as at the left in Fig. 4,'leaving said two slides free'to reciprocate. fV The effect of 'removingv the .pinions 1 8-1 above and. below -the two slides 180v that are to be used,'leavin a pin-f ion"181between them, is to make t e two chains and correspondin slides operate as onecontinuousic'hain. S sireFto vote Afor the twocandidates nominated by either part ,-he would simply. operate the 4o proper Vindivi ual `levers in .that party column. Should -he v desire Lto vote Afor any Vtwov candidates in the lower of theA two horizontallines .of names. `of candidates whose i chains are coupled, operation ofthe proper 4 individual levers in that horizontal line would draw the'upperfrack .i180 far enough toward the. left, as seen Fig. g4, totakegthe slack out ofthe-u' per chain and through enga e-l mentl with t einionI 181'; would move t e 5o lower'ra'ck 1'8'0 ar enough toward the'right to'give'to the lowerc'haininadditionf to its own'slack `,the slack normall belongin to .the upper chain, so that t e. lower c ain-v VIAling-rack 180 below. To set up t e machine i 4tion'for 'those oflices. To .-.coupleiup or alt-- movement toward the right ofthe upper slide 180 by means of the pinion., Shouldv the conditions besuch as topermit thevoter to vote for three candidates in a group, it

wuldjre nire-the coupling of three 'chains 7o and wou'l necessarily require an adjustment of one ofthe adjusting-nuts, preferably the4 f ,adjusting-nut corresponding with the middle or intermediate chain; lt would also require that a pinion Y1,81 l be placed between the 7 5 second andthird'coupling-.racks 56 at the 0p'- posite ends of the chains. The upper chain wouldy now be 'locked by the, adjusting-nut onthe adjusting-rod extending from the cor.- responding couplingrack 56, the second 8e couplin -rack 56 would be free' to reciprocate longitu inally, and the ythird chain would be locked' at its lopposite end through .the en-v gagement of a pinion 18.1`with the corresponding coupling-racklSO and the conti ous coupv8 5 l for voting for three candidatesin a group, the adjusting-nut on the adjusting-rod extending from one coupling-raclr 56, preferably from the intermediate coupling-rack, would be loosened` vThen three voting-levers in the corresponding line would `be operated, thereby placing three bends or bulges in the corre- .sponding chain, and then the adjusting-nuts correspondin with the three coupled chains would be tig 'tened"..up,the effect ofwhich i would be to' shorten the u'pper and lower 4chains' by takin out the normal slack there-` from, leaving t e intermediate chain withv slack enough-to permit three voting-levers to roc be operate It should b e understood-however, that owingto the interposition'of a 'pin'-A ion 181' between the first and second coupling-racks 180and'the inter osition of a pinion 181 between the secon and thirdcoup- -ro 5 'ling-racks 56` the'intermediate coupling-rack 5.6 would'be free to reciprocate longitudinally, so that a voter would be free to express his choice byl voting for one candidate ineach of thethree horizontal lines 'of names of candi- 'r 1o dates corresponding with the three cou led chains, or he'might vote for three candi ates in either of said three lines, or he might vote fo'r two candidates in .either of ysaid three lines and for one candidate ineither of the other H5 'two'lines. In other words, the voter might vote for any one, two, or three of the candi-.

dates nominated. in either of said three -horizontal lines of names of candidates, but could- "only vote lfor three candidates under any cir- 12o '.cumst'ances. The same principle of operation and'mode of setting up the machine is applicable where four, five, vor more candidates are to be voted for in a roup within the limits of the machine. Ii four candidates `were to'be voted for in al ro'up, another chain would have to be ad ed to the group of cou y led chains'. The pinion 181 Abetween the t ird andA fourth coupling-racks would remain in place, but the pinion 181 -1 3o' ing from the second, third, an fourth coup-- ling-racks 56 would then be tightened up. This would leave the first and fourth chains taut and the second and third chains each with two bends or bulges therein-that .is to say, `the first chain'wo'uld remain shortened just sufficiently to take out its normal slack, and the fourth chain would be correspondingly shortened, while the second and third chains would each be correspondingly lengthened, so that there would bein the aggregate sufficient slack in the four chains to ,permit four voting-levers to be operated, any or all of which might be transferred to any of the chains, so that the voter might vote for four candidates in one line, orifor one candidate in each of the four lines, or for two candidates each in` any two lines, or for three candidates in one line and one in either of the other three lines, but could only vote'for four candidates'. under any circumstances. ing may be extended as Ifar as the ,capacity of the machine will permit by removing certain of the pinions 181 from .between the coupling-racks 180, interposing pinions 181 between certain of the coupling-racks 56 and adjustin certain of the coupling-racks 56 by means o the adjusting-nuts on the adjusting-rods extending therefrom, s o as to give an aggregate amount of slack sufficient to permit the operation of the desired number of voting-levers; this for the reason that,

the effect of the coupling and adjustment .ljust described is to cause the series of coupled chains by means of the pinions and racks to act as one continuous chain. 4

For group voting, where an alphabetical arrangement of the names of candidates is required, the racks and chains are not coupled-that is to say, none of the pinions 181 are removed. The chains corresponding with the horizontal lines of names of candidatesin which groupvoting is permitted are so adjusted by means of the adjusting-rods and adjusting-nuts as to permit the depression of p as many individual levers in a horizontal line as there are candidates that may be voted for in a group. Suppose, as an illustration, that three representatives are to be elected an d that seven nominations have been made for the oHice of representative and that the voting law where the machine is used `recuired that the names of the seven candic ates belaced in alphabetical order from left to rig t in one horizontal line. All that This principle of groupit would be necessary to do in order to permit a voter to vote for any three of the seven candidates would be to so adjust the-corresponding chain as to permit the depression of three individual levers in the corresponding 7o horizontal line in other words, to so adjust the corresponding chain as to permit three bends or -biilges to be placed therein by the operation of three voting-levers. Tf two candidates for the same oiee were to be voted for, the chain would bev slackenedsufliciently to permit the operation of two voting-levers, but no more. 'Where three candidates are to be voted for, ther-'voter is left free to vote for any one, two, or three of the seven candidates, but no more. It should be understood however, that sufficient slack might'be placed in the chain to permit a voter to vote for four, five, or, in fact, for all seven candldates, were such the requirement. This is e5 merely mentioned to show the adaptability of the machine to anjr possible style of voting l in which it might be desired to use a votingmachine;

, Suppose now that a candidate is nomi- 9o natcd for the same office by two or more political partiesirI/n order to prevent a candidate who has been nominated by a pluralityT of parties from receiving as many votes from a single voter as he has nominations, I provide special mechanism, which is illustrated in Figs. 17 to 20, inclusive. The machine is so arranged as to place all the nominations oi the plural nominee in4 one horizontal line. In that line the ordinary chain-supporting bar roo 52 is replaced by a bar 1,61, having recesses 169 in its upper edge. 170 denotes a sliding bar having recesses 177 and projections 17 SA upon its under edge. These projections 17 S lie iii recesses 169 in bar 161, the recesses beio'J ing wider than the projections, so :is to permit movement of bar 170. The long chainrivets 63 rest upon the Atop of bai' 161 between the recesses. Each votin g-shaft inthe specially-fittedplural-nomination lines is proi ro vided, in-addition to its locking-lug 45, with a downwardly-extending arm 179, which .lios back of the chain and is provided with a hole 182, adapted to receive a pin 195, which extends forward into the corresponding notch i i5 177 in bar 170. In the normalposition of the parts the projections 17 8 lie at the right end of recesses 169, yand their movement when operated is toward Athe left, the arms 179 being close to the left end of saidre- 12o cesses, as seen in Figs'. 18 and 1Q. It should be noted, however, that the distance between the sixth and seventh recesses 177 in bar is shortened, so that the downwardlyextending arm 179 lies at the right end of the r e 5 counter-bars by which the counters are car- 1 b ried make a return endwlse and lateral rotary oscillation to the starting position. This return oscillation of the counter-bars is, however, Without any function, it being merely aj return movement to the normal position that I does not affect the counters,for the reason that the counter-dogs have been previously disconnectd from the counter-levers. After the return oscillation of the counter-bars the counter-locking bars are returnedto their zo normal position and again engage the counter-levers and lock the counters, so that they cannot be tampered with.

The operation by which a voter casts his vote by the use of this machine may be z 5 briefly described as follows: The voter passes along the back ofthe machine and operates and Vpasses the entrance-lever. He then passes around to the front of the machine and casts his vote in the manner described 3o by means of a party-lever, individual levers,

or by Writing his vote upon the independentvoting sheet. i He then operates the exitlever and passes out, it being impossible to returnthe exit-lever to its normal position 3 5 until it has been fully o erated. The voter should return the exitever to its normal position. If he does not do,so, an attendant must do so, for the reason that through the connection of both the exit-lever and the eno trance-lever with the same driving-bar the entrance-lever cannot be operated to unlock .the voting-levers and to ermit another voter to pass to the front of t e'machine until the exit-lever has been returned to its normal position, which, as already stated, locks the counters.

Having thus described my invention, I claimp 1. In a voting-machine, the combination 5o With a flexible member mounted to .have a predetermined amount of slack, of a series of voting members having projections movable toward and from said flexible member to take up the slack thereof, and a slide extend- 5 5 ing in4 proximity to said projections and having means engagmg said projections and for positively resetting any voting member that as been actuated.

` 2. In'a voting-machine, the combination 6o with a'flexible member mounted to have a predetermined amount of slack, of a series of voting members having projections movable toward and from said fiexible member to take up the slack thereof, `a slide extendingl in proximity to said projections and having.

means engaging said projections and for positively resetting any voting member that has been actuated, counters controlled by said voting members and means for regulating the slack in the flexible member, substantially-as described, for the purpose specified.

3. In a voting-machine, the combination with a chain mounted to have a predetermined amoun'J vof slack and having each third link-rivet extending outward on opposite sides thereof and bars upon which said ex- .tended rivets rest, of a series of oscillatory voting members carrying projections engaging said chain to take 'up the slackthereof, counters and engaging connections on said counters and voting members.

4. In a voting-machine, the combination with aseries of flexible members and a plurality of series Aof voting members carrying projections engaging the fiexible members, for the purpose set forth, and counter-dogs, .of counters adapted to be engaged by said coun-. ter-dogs, a party-bar having notches engaged by the projections -on the voting members and means for actuating the party-bar.

5. In a voting-machine, the combination with a series of chains and a plurality of series of voting-shafts in alinement, each series of shafts corresponding with an office' to'be voted for and each shaft having a projection engaging one of the chains, of counters, engaging 'connections on the counters and voting-shafts, va series of party-bars havin notches engaged by the projections, an means for actuating the party-bars to oscillate the voting-shafts.

6. In a voting-machine the combination vWith a series of chains, a plurality ofseries of voting-shafts` in alinement, each series of shafts corresponding with an cflice to be voted for and each shaft carrying a lockinglug adapted to engage a chain and means for regulating the slack in the chains so that but one shaft corresponding with any chain can remain oscillated, of a series of party-bars corresponding With nominees of the parties and having notches which are engaged by said locking-lugs and means for actuating said party-bars to oscillate the locking-lug engaged thereby.

7. In a voting-machine,l the combination with a chain, a series of voting-shafts carrying projections engaging said chain and a re'- setting-slide engaging .said projections, for the purpose set forth, of counters, engaging connections on ysaid counters and votingshafts and means independent of the votingshafts for actuating the engagedv counters.

v 8. In a votin -machine, the combination with a series of c rains, a plurality of series of voting-shafts in alinement, each shaft. carry- .ing a voting-lever and a'locking-lug adapted to engage the corresponding' chain, and

means for regulating the slack in the chains',

for the purpose set forth, of a series of party- 13b 

